Historical Detective Novels

An artist’s work is vindictively vandalized, and the artist is found murdered in his smoking room. Gold bullion totaling 10, 000 pounds mysteriously vanishes from the ill-fated steamship Nicobar as i …

In 1717, Chika’s greed leads him to the lairs of his village’s most-feared god, Alaogbaga. His pledge to the god is simple enough: ‘Protect me and make me rich, then take my life after fifteen years’ …

The Buntings are an elderly London couple who have fallen on hard times. They take in a lodger with the strange name of Mr. Sleuth, who pays handsomely for their shabby rooms. He seems to be a perfec …

This fourth novel of Boothby’s Dr. Nikola series reveals that Nikola has discovered all of the facts necessary to extend a human being’s life. He has studied science and magic secrets of Tibetan monk …

Calvin Gates, a young American, is travelling to Mongolia to join up with an archaeology expedition. He encounters Mr. Moto on a ship travelling from Japan to Korea. As his travels continue, he finds …

Fingerprints. A single print, being unique – not even identical twins have the same fingerprints – that single print found in the right place at the right time is sufficient to disclose the perpetrat …

During the night of the great fog of 1897, five members of London’s The Grill club listen to the telling of three interconnected stories. An American gentleman begins by relating how he had gotten lo …

The story begins with the mysterious death of Sir Richard Trevlyn. All the reader knows is that Richard’s wife, Alice, who is pregnant with their first child, listens through a keyhole in the library …

Anna Green was an early 20th century novelist. She was one of the first authors to write detective stories in America. Her stories are known for their well thought out plots and their legal accuracy. …

Anna Green was an early 20th century novelist. She was one of the first authors to write detective stories in America. Her stories are known for their well thought out plots and their legal accuracy. …